Car fender or guard.



T. P. HAYES. GAR FENDER 0R GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 190s.

Patented May 18, 1909.

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T. E. HAYES. GAR FENDER 0B. GUARD. APPLIGATION FILED MAY 1. 190s.

Patented May 18, 1909.

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THOMAS F. HAYES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAR FENDER OR GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led May 1, 1908.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Serial N0. 430,270.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, THOMAS E. HAYns, a citizen of the United States, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certa-in new and useful Improvements in Car Fenders or Guards, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to fenders or guards for use in connection with tramway cars, and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is placed beneath the platform of a car at one or both ends thereof, and which is designed to prevent the serious and sometimes fatal accidents result ing from a person being struck by a car when in motion; and with this and other objects in view, the invention consists in a car fender or guard constructed as hereinafter described and claimed. l

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification7 of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2, and showing my improved fender or guard applied to a car, and ;-I\`ig. 2- a plan Aview of the fender or guard detached from the car.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, I have shown at al one of the end platforms of a car, and at 7) one of the wheels which is mounted on one of the axles b2, and in the practice of my invention I secure to the bottom of the platform over and in front of the first pair of wheels at the end of the car, brackets c which are preferably triangular in form, and forwardly of which are secured plates e provided with hangers e2 which are arranged in pairs at the opposite sides ,of the platform, and mounted in said hangers are shafts e3, each of which is provided with a downwardly directed arm e4, and an upwardly and backwardly directed arm e5.

Pivoted to the brackets c at c2 is a main fender or guard frame f composed of a vertically arranged member f2, at the bottom of which is a forwardly directed member f3, and said frame is preferably composed of side bars connected by transverse rods f4, f5 and f6, and secured to the front side parts of the vertically arranged portion f2' of said frame are forwardly curved spring bars g, to which is secured a net work q2 of wire or any other suitable material and which closes the central portion of the vertically arranged part f2 of said frame, and secured to the side bars of the forwardly extending portion f3 of said fender or guard frame are upwardly curved spring plates or bars g3 to and between which is secured a net work g4 of wire or any other suitable material and which closes the central portion of said part 3 of the said fender or guard frame.

The side bars of the vertically arranged part f2 of the main fender or guard frame are extended upwardly approximately to the bottom of the platform a, and connected with the upper ends thereof and with the brackets o are spiral springs 7L which normally serve to pull the top part of said frame rearwardly as shown in full lines in Fig. l, and the back sides of the side bars of said part2 of said frame, above the pivotal point at c2 are provided with ratchet teeth b2, and spring operated pawls h3 are pivoted to the brackets c and operate in connection with said ratchet teeth. I also connect with the upper end of the vertically arranged part f2 of the main fender or guard frame or with the tops of the side bars thereof, chains 71,4 which are also connected with the arms e5 of the shafts c3 which are mounted in the hangers e2.

Mounted transversely of the front end portion of the forwardly directed part f3 of the main fender or guard frame f and in the bottom thereof is a roller which is adapted, when said part of said frame is depressed as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, to bear on the ground and to turn in the direction ol' the arrow t2, and mounted above and forwardly of the roller i is another roller i3 which bears thereon and is adapted to be turned thereby in the direction of the arrow if, and said part f3 of the main fender or guard frame is provided forwardly of the rollers i and t3 with a transverse wedge-shaped member i5 which is normally supported close to the ground, or to the tracks when the said frame is held in its normal position shown in full lines in Fig. l.

Secured to the bottom of the front end portion of the platform a, and at the opposite sides thereof are plates to which is l or gua-rd frame f are substantially at right pivoted` a depending supplemental fender or guard frame lr provided with a central transverse rod 7a2 and with a bottom transverse rod 7c3, and the bottom portion of said frame is filled in with a net Work 7st of wirey mesh or any suitable material. Pivoted on the transverse rod-72 of the frame lc. anidl inwardly of the side members of said frame, as shown` at fc5, are link rods m which are pivoted at their rear ends to the arms e4 of the shafts e3, and said link rods are composed of two parts connected by an elbow-hinge joint at m2, the rear end portions m3 of said rods being much longer than the front end portions m4 thereof, and the rods m serve to pull the main fender or guard frame f into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, and against the operation of the springs 7i, when the supplemental frame 7c is operated as hereinafter described. i

The operation will bel readily understood from the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the accompanying. draw ings and the following statement thereof. 1t will be understood that the supplemental fender or guard frame 7c extends downwardly t0 a short distance above the ground, and if a person be struck by the car when in motion and knocked down, the lower end portion of the frame lc comingl in contact with such person will be thrown backwardly into the posi tion shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. T he rods m will move u]. wardly at the joint m2 thereof as indicated by the arrows n and the shorter end portions m4 of said rods will swing backwardly, downwardly and upwardly, the separate parts of said rods m assuming the position shown in dotted lines at n2'. At the beginning yof this movement of the rods m, the shafts e" in the hangers c2 will be rotated and the arms e4 of said shafts will be forced` backwardly, the arms e5 forwardly, and the springs h will force the main fender or guard frame into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the spring operated pawls 7b3 will move downwardly over the ratchet teeth lf2 and will hold said frame in said position. 1n' this position 0f said frame the bottom roller i in the front will bear on the ground, and the part i5 will pass beneath the body of the person struck, and such person will move backwardly into the main fender or guard frame and will be prevented from passing beneath the car. At the end of the above operation of the separate parts of the fender or guard, comprising the frames f and 7c, the supplemental frame k may be pulled down into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1, and in order for thev main fender or guard frame f tok assume the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1 the pawls 71,3 must first be released and re-adjusted as shown in full lines in said gure.

As shown and described, it will be seen, that the separate parts of the main fender angles to each other, and the bottom part f 3 thereof is normally supported. at a predetermined' distance above the ground, as is also the bottom part or end of the supplemental frame 7, this construction being necessary in orner to provide for a slight vertical movement of the platform a in the operation of the car.

My invention is not limited to the exact details of construction herein shown and described, and various changes therein and modifications thereof may be made', within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.'

Having fully described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secu-re by Let ters Patent, is

1. A fender or guard for tramway cars suspended beneath an end platform thereof and comprising main and supplemental frames, the supplemental frame being suspended from the end portion of the platform and the main frame being suspended rearwardly 'of the supplemental frame and being L-shaped in form and being pivotally supported and adapted to swing in a vertical plane, one part thereof being normally held in an upright position, and the other part extending. forwardly from the bottom of the first named part, tension devices operating in connection with the top portion of said frame for holding said frame in its normal position, a shaft mounted in front of the main frame and provided with upwardly directed arms which are connected with the top portion of said. frame and with down-V wardly directed arms, and link rods connected with the supplemental frame and with the downwardly directed arms of said shaft, said link rods being" provided with joints adapted to swing upwardly.

2. A fender or guard for tramway cars suspended beneath an end platform thereof and comprising main and supplemental frames, the supplemental frame being suspended from the end portion of the latform and the main frame being suspended rearwardly of the supplemental frame and being L-shaped in form and being pivotally supported and adapted to swing in a vertical plane, one part thereof being normally held in an upright position, and the other part extending forwardly from the bottom of the first named part, tension devices operating in connection with the top portion of said frame for holding said frame in its normal position, shaft mounted in front of the main frame and provided with upwardly directed arms which are connected with the top portion of said frame and with downwardly directed arms, and link rods connected with the supplemental frame and with the downwardly directed arms of said presence of the subscribing Witnesses this 30th day of April 1908.

THOMAS F. HAYES.

shaft, said link rods being provided with joints adapted to swing upwardly, said main l frame being also provided With ratchet de- Vices adapted to hold the bottom part there- 5 of in a depressed position. l Vitnesses:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing 1 M. E. DooDY, as my invention I have signed my name in I C. E. MULREANY. 

